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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by FriedRice@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hey. Well I've got a thinkpad running with fedora 40. I wanted to plug the TV in, with HDMI, but nothing happened. So how do I activate it? Its a Lenovo T470

EDIT: i found it out. Thank you for the help.

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[-] noddy@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

I don't know specifically about the T470, but if you have an nvidia GPU, you might have issues depending on how the display outputs are connected to the GPUs. I had a T420s at some point with an nvidia GPU, and it was a PITA to get the display output to work on linux. I had to permanently enable the nvidia GPU for that to work (cutting battery life in half), because the display output was connected only to the nvidia GPU. I swore to never buy an nvidia product ever again after that experience.

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